Browsing this message board a couple of days a week will give you a very
practical crash course on everything from cover design essentials (what works
for traditional publishing is not what works at thumbnail size), to promotion,
to what indie authors’ actual sales figures are. People on the boards are
friendly and helpful; I also found my two great proofreaders there. It’s also
interesting to see the politics of indie vs. traditional publishing;
personally, I just don’t see it as an Either/Or proposition.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

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A Goodreads giveaway: Enter here for a chance to win a signed (or personally
inscribed) paperback.

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And I’m interviewed on Novel TV’s Thriller Thursday here,with an associated giveaway:
you can enter for a chance to win a signed paperback OR one of the brand new
Huntress audiobooks, narrated by multiple Audie Award nominee R.C. Bray.

While
I’m in announcement mode...

* The Bloody Scotland program (or programme, if you like!) has been
revealed, a fantastic lineup, including UK stars Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh, Mark
Billingham, Peter May, Craig Robertson, and sister Americans Kathy Reichs and
Megan Abbott. On Sunday, September 21 I’ll be there talking about crossing crime thrillers with the supernatural, or
possibly supernatural, with James Oswald and Gordon Brown.

* And
this Saturday I’m at the Writers Guild in Los Angeles for an e-publishing
event:

How to Publish, Market and Sell Your eBook to Hollywood!

Saturday June 21, 10 am - 2 pm

WGA west

7000 W. Third St, Los Angeles, CA

Amazon
and Audible representatives will discuss how to produce, publish and market
books. Audible will also be announcing a new WGA-signatory project.

This
will be followed by a panel with best-selling authors and WGA members, Lee
Goldberg, Noel Hynd, Alexandra Sokoloff, Susan Rohrer and Rick Marin, and
producer Lane Shefter Bishop. Moderated by Christiana Miller. WGA members only.